Regulations of Medical Diagnosis and Treatment by Telecommunications Article 19

Telemedicine services may be conducted using telecommunications equipment, electronic communication, the Internet, or other similar information and communication technologies or equipment.Information systems used for telemedicine that involve the transmission, exchange, storage, or prescription of medical records, examination, or test results must have personal identity authentication. This authentication must meet the general data transmission encryption mechanism standards set by international standard organizations and comply with the relevant provisions of the Medical Institution's Electronic Medical Record Production and Management Regulations.Medical institutions may commission institutions, legal persons, groups, or universities to establish and manage telemedicine information systems under the preceding paragraph. The entrusted party shall pass the information security standard certification recognized by the competent central authority; the entrustment shall be made in writing.